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May 28, 2022 · Relive all the build-up, action and reaction from the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Stade de France in Paris.
The introduction of Bale proved pivotal. Zidane's side ramped up the pressure and took the lead with a stunning overhead kick from the Welsh winger, throwing a boot at a cross from Marcello ...
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Gareth Bale came off the bench and scored a spectacular bicycle kick on the biggest stage as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to win their third successive Champions League title.
Jurgen Klopp's side, who lost Mohamed Salah in the first half with a suspected dislocated shoulder and then saw Loris Karius gift Karim Benzema the opener (51) had swiftly rallied in Kiev through Sadio Mane (55).
Image: Bale came off the bench and scored one of the great Champions League goals
But after agony and ignominy, Bale delivered a moment befitting of the showpiece, his 64th-minute overhead kick sealing a 13th European Cup for the Spanish giants and their fourth in five seasons.
Karius suffered further embarrassment when he let Bale's late strike (83) from range slip through his gloves but though the Reds competed gamely in adversity, crucial momentum was lost with Salah's untimely exit and Klopp's wait for a European trophy goes on.
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•Real Madrid have become the first team to win the European Cup/Champions League in three successive seasons since Bayern Munich between 1974 and 1976.
•Zinedine Zidane is just the third manager to win the European Cup/Champions League three times (after Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti), but the first to win it in three consecutive seasons.
•Jurgen Klopp has now lost six of his seven major finals as manager (2 x DFB-Pokal, 2 x Champions League, 1 x League Cup, 1 x UEFA Europa League), only winning the DFB-Pokal with Borussia Dortmund in 2012.
•Gareth Bale scored just two minutes and two seconds after coming off the bench. It was the second-fastest ever by a substitute in a Champions League final, after Lars Ricken for Borussia Dortmund against Juventus in 1997. Bale is also only the second British player to score a brace in a European Cup/Champions League final after Bobby Charlton for Manchester United in 1968.
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Real Madrid vs Liverpool 2022/23. All UEFA Champions League match information including stats, goals, results, history, and more.
Mar 16, 2023 · Match report from the Champions League knockout round second leg between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Bernabeu as the Reds exit the competition 6-2 on aggregate; Karim Benzema's late...
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Mar 15, 2023 · GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool (Benzema 78); agg 6-2. Real make the breakthrough, and it’s a bit of a farce. Benzema dinks down the middle.
